CAMBRIDGE
GAS COMPANY. CAMBRIDGE WAR MEMORIAL

The
war memorial was re-erected April/May 2003 close to its original site
that is now the entrance to Tesco's store, Newmarket Road, Cambridge.
It is free standing close to tall, ornamental gates (or railings) in
an attractive setting. The original memorial was erected 1921 and contains
the names of those who were employees of the Cambridge Gas Company.

Able
Seaman R/285, Nelson Battalion, Royal Naval Division, Royal Naval
Volunteer Reserve. Missing, assumed killed in action 24th April
1917. Born Burwell 14th June 1884. Son of Fuller and Frances Chapman
of Burwell Cambs (from 1891 Census) and brother of Thomas Harry
Chapman (who also died); huband of , F.A. Chapman, 52 Young St.,
Cambridge. A Lamplighter. Part of the Army Reserve 11th November
1915 and entered Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve 25th September 1916,
draft for BEF 16th December 1916, joined Nelson Battalion 9th january
1917 until his death. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL,
Pas de Calais, France. Bay 1. See also Cambridge
Guildhall

Private
868, 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Born 21st April 1891
at Cambridge, aged 17 years 11 months. Died between January and
March 1917, aged 25 (GRO ref: Cambridge 3b 698). Attested at Cambridge
4th March 1909. Embodied 5th August 1914, discharged on 1st February
1916 as medically unfit for further service (Para 392 XVI Kings
Regulations). Son of the late Joseph Frederick Darling and Emma
Darling of 18 Wellington Street, Cambridge. He was a Gas Fitter's
Mate for Cambridge Gas Company, in 1911, he was 19 and working as
a gas fitter. Unmarried. Height 5 feet 7½ inches. Hair dark,
eyes blue, medium figure. Recorded as having pain radiating down
his left arm and shortness of breath; he was in hospital for 3 months;
initial cause was influenza. Buried in Mill Road Cemetery, parish
of St Andrew the Less section. See also Cambridge
Guildhall

GOODE

George
Mortlock

Lieutenant,
43rd Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and General List. Killed in action
Thursday 24th May 1917. Age 23. Only son of Arthur William Goode,
of The Poplars, Old Chesterton, Cambridge, and the late Angelina
Abigail Goode. Formerly, Bedfordshire Regiment. Commemorated on
ARRAS FLYING SERVICES MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. See
also Cambridge County
High School, Cambridge
Guildhall, Perse School
and Chesterton

ALSO
IN REMEMBRANCE OF
THOSE WHO FELL IN THE
SECOND WORLD WAR
1939 - 1945

BARKER

Cecil

Gunner
1081987, 70th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died on Tuesday 2nd
March 1943. Age 33. Born and resident CAmbridgeshire. Son of Walter
Cecil and Ethel May Barker, of Cambridge. Commemorated on MEDJEZ-EL-BAB
MEMORIAL, Tunisia. Face 6.

CAMPS

Hubert
John

Flight
Lieutenant 102295, Navigator, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Died on Wednesday 9th August 1944. Age 23. Son of William John and
Martha Edith Camps, of Cambridge, husband of Betty Irene Camps,
of Cambridge. Buried in CAMBRIDGE CITY CEMETERY, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.
Grave 14703.

CULPIN

Henry
Richard

Sergeant
741747, Pilot U/T, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died on Friday
8th March 1940. Age 26. Son of James and Alice Culpin, of Cambridge;
husband of Florence Ethel Culpin, of Cambridge. Buried in CAMBRIDGE
CITY CEMETERY, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. Grave 7181.

EAST

Leonard

Sapper
2072258, 287th Field Company, Royal Engineers, with them on 1st
September 1939. Died on Monday 26th January 1942. Age 20. Born and
resident Cambridgeshire. Son of Amos and Elizabeth East, of Cherry
Hinton, Cambridge. No known grave. Commemorated on SINGAPORE MEMORIAL,
Singapore. Column 40.

KING

Stanley
Alfred

Sergeant
1270913, 44 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died on
Tuesday 3rd August 1943. No known grave. Commemorated on AIR FORCES
MEMORIAL, RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 156.

OSBORN

Harold
Charles

Private
5831262, 2nd Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Died as a Prisoner
of War of the Japanese 21st September 1944 when the transport ship
Hofuku Maru on which he was travelling to Japan was sunk. Aged 27.
Son of Violet Osborn; husband of Gladys May Osborn, of Cambridge.
No known grave. Commemorated on SINGAPORE MEMORIAL, Kranji War Cemetery,
Singapore. Column 60.

Note:
On 21st September 1944 the Hofuku Maru sailed with Convoy MATA-27
for Takao in Formosa. She was attacked by an American aircraft carrier
about 80 miles north of Corregidor, the aircraft carrier’s
planes sunk the whole fleet including the Hofuku Maru, not knowing
she carried prisoners. The Hofuku Maru was carrying 1289 prisoners
from Manila to Japan, 1047 were lost.